Desalination Research Advancement Act
Summary
Desalination Research Advancement Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program at the Bureau of Reclamation and increases the amount of funding available to institutions of higher education. The bill also expands the program's research priorities to include minimizing the impacts of seawater desalination on aquatic life and coastal ecosystems.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 28, 2022
Last action May 12, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
3
May 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
lower
Apr 29, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
lower
Apr 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Apr 28, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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